There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is spread abroad in the land.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?

Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web.

For though I were righteous, I could not answer.
I must appeal for mercy to my Opponent and Judge.

That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

“I was [living] at ease, but He crushed me and broke me apart,
And He has seized me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.

His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his ways,
And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

“My days are past, my plans are torn apart,
Even the wishes of my heart.

All memory of him perishes from the earth;
he has no name anywhere.

And, though, after my skin is struck off, this followeth , yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:

“His ox mates without fail;
His cow calves and does not abort.

“Is it any pleasure or joy to the Almighty that you are righteous?
Or is it of benefit to Him that you make your ways perfect?

The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

Indeed, that [is] a fire that will consume up to Abaddon, and it would uproot all my crop.

So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes [and could not be persuaded otherwise by them].

My words come from my upright heart,
and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.

“If there is an angel as a mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To explain to a man what is right for him [that is, how to be in right standing with God],

For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous [those in right standing with Him];
But with kings upon the throne
He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

At the breath of God, the frost cometh, and the waters are shed abroad.

Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

Where then is the way the lightning is parted? The east wind spreadeth itself abroad over the earth.

when dust dries into a mass and then breaks apart into clods?

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.